The Misadventures Of Highschoolers

Chapter 6 - Eliott

Hello! If you want to listen to Jeremy's sad playlist here is the link for it: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3OXx1kPCnN8xMMgbnGDxw51m3niOYqJi

Please just so you know, Daniel is black too before you say i only make white people characters.

Also mention of suicide as well xx

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Jeremy was still laying there, hours and hours until it was 1 am, listening to his Sad playlist, his mind was empty, except for memories with his dad playing in his head. The time he ran around being all small and stupid, and his dad would just chase him around trying to catch him, it looked like they both had so much fun. Or the time where dad pranked him and made play-doh pancakes instead of real ones, Jeremy ate it, dad laughed so hard he could literally piss himself, Jeremy got so angry but shortly after just laughed it off. Oh! Remember the time where he walked and tripped into a massive puddle of mud, the way they had to rush back home, some dickheads were laughing, why wouldnt they be. Thoes were the only happy memories he could think of at the moment. Rest is just bland, feels like black and white, with only sound fitting is static.

Moving onto the chapters main character. Eliott staring from the car window, it was raining and hard, looking at which rain drop would race to the bottom the fastest.
In his mind, whilst his choice to win is still racing, was all the memories of his best friend, they basically were closer than your dad with the mail man in bed. All summer long they talked and talked, some days even for 12 hours. One day they decided to go to the city center because why not, it was the Summer holidays. Both of them saw alot of police with gunshot noises coming from their direction. This was RIGHT at the beggining of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement. The police killed many innocent black people, Eliott's best friend got really scared because they're black too, didnt also know where to look out from so he wouldnt be shot.

"I dont feel comfortable or safe here, can we go" said His bestie whilst sounding shaky and highly scared.

"Oh??? lets go then, i hope you feel okay" said Eliott, they started walking fast to get out. Eventually they saw me walking alone.

"DANIEL!!" yelled them both. I turned around confused.

"We have to leave" said Eliotts Bestie with fear.

"Uhhh i was about to leave anyways" I Said casually.

"No please lets go NOW" Eliott said whilst hearing a gun shot in the back. They started walking very fast to get out of there.

"Thoes police me-" gunshot sound followed, everything just... paused, everything sounded distant, the world looked grey. We both turned around to see that Eliotts Best friend was laying on the floor with a pool of blood below him.

"N-n-n-no lets go" I grabbed Eliott very fast. Eliott didnt know what to think or say, he literally was stunned. I looked at him, all I saw was a moving statue, he didnt give no human emotion, he was still proccessing what just happened. Shortly after, I saw tears rush race down his white, pale face.

We ran back to his house, he instantly ran upstairs and slammed the door.

"What happened???" Asked his mum.

"Did his friend go home???". I felt this wave of sadness hit me like i got hit by 3 busses.

"H-h-his" I started crying.

"His friend got shot, when we were outside, by the police."
His mum looked devistated, she knew how much he meant to Eliott. Think about a person who you never want to let go, be with them 24/7 , no exaderation, and they got shot infront of you whilst you were having a time of your life, thats what he felt.

"Well ill leave you two together for now" I said whilst feeling sorrow.

"Could i come over tomorrow, t-to check on him?"

"Yea, please do" His mum looked down.

I eventually went home and told my mum everything and also the group, like any human would do. They all were upset about it, they knew how much he cared him his friend.
Tomorrow came, and it felt weird? Like it wasnt real... I walked up to Eliott's house and no one answered the door. The door shortly opened by its self, i yelled for Eliott and he still didnt answer. I walked up to his room and saw him hanging from the ceiling, he had hung himself because of his friends death.
After that, I woke up, i felt my heart racing and me being all sweaty. I fell back asleep but afterward i had normal dreams, where things dissapear 1 second after you look at them. Nothing much else happened afterward. Eliott doesnt want to do drugs or ever thinks about it, but he was so upset that he almost did it one day, Suzie and Lexi had set it up so he would take em, but the bell rang and he couldnt do it. He sometimes even had suicidal thoughts but he tried to shut them out. It was the same every day until a few months later he eventually got over it, got over it doesnt mean he fully did, whenever someone mentioned it to him, or overhears it, he would get upset, not to the level it was before.

*Preseant day*

Saturday came around, it was a warm spring day, kind of felt like summer. Matt and I were hanging out. We walked passed the spot where Eliotts Best friend had been shot. I looked at the spot with a visible sorrow on my face.

"Is that- Where he died?" Matt asked sadly.

"Yea. Personally, I wasnt really close with him, but I understood what Eliott had felt at that time" I said.

"Its also the 2 year anniversory of him dying"

"Oh-" Matt quietly said to himself. We were REALLY thirsty becuase it was hot, We both went to the nearest boba store to get a drink, we ended up forgetting about the anniversory.

Eliott on the other hand, lied in bed all morning, staring at the ceiling, listening to Jeremies sad playlist (Jeremy loves to create playlists and share them with the friend group if you were wondering). His mum went to his room and told him to get ready because they were going to his friends grave. Once they arrived, Eliott read out a letter to him, even though he knew that he cant hear, he just wanted to feel better by "talking" to him. They werent there for long. After them leaving, they went to the city center to get his mind of of the death.

"What about we go to the resturant that you always go to with your friends?" Asked mum in a tone that she hoped would cheer up Eliott, Sadly it didnt.

"No" trying to avoid a conversation said Eliott.

"Mayb-" mum was interupted

"Just take me home" he quietly murmered.
Mum didnt say anything, but she took him to town.

"Oh my god, I said take me home!" He said angrily.

"I wanted to make you happy" mum said sadly

"YEA BUT YOURE NOT SUCCEDING, ARE YOU?" He yelled. Mum eventually took him home, he ran upstairs and slammed the door.

"Eliott! Do you want lunch???" Shouted mum so he could hear.

"No" He answered.

He lyed there all day, not even going to the toilet, he felt like he cried rivers, the river also contained memories, he felt like he was drowning with something pulling him down, no one could pull him out.